32/64-bit Users: New blended (32/64) bit installer in April 2010. A single install handles both 32-bit and 64-bit installations/updates!

02/18/2010

4.34.1000

Technology Changes

Updated Kernel Drivers

Memory management improved resulting in slightly faster scanning

Trace engine enhancments to clean up more non-critical traces

Windows 7/Vista Limited User technology enhancements

Scanning engine enhancements to handle rogues more effeciently

64-bit Users: Native Pre-Release Available in our forums!

01/06/2010

4.33.1000

Technology Changes

Resolved rare crash issues where infections were blocking/redirecting

Windows 7/Vista Limited User technology enhancements

Scanning engine enhancements

Diagnostic system improvements to diagnose new rootkits more efficiently

64-bit Users: We will have a PRE-RELEASE available by next week to test the native 64-bit drivers/application. This is not a mixed 32/64 bit application like many other products, but completely 64-bit native.

12/17/2009

4.32.1000

Technology Changes

Faster load time and definition parsing/updating times

Windows 7 technology enhancements

Enhanced DDA (Direct Disk Access)

Enhanced DRA (Direct Registry Access)

Resolved rare issue where product would not stay registered

11/23/2009

4.31.1000

Technology Changes

Improved stealth rootkit detection technology

Scanning engine technology updates/additions

Updated threat remediation technology

Update Direct Disk Access (DDA)

11/11/2009

4.30.1004

Technology Changes

Speed improvements to scanning and definition parsing engine

New smart definition engine to catch more threats with fewer definitions

Vista UAC Issues Resolved - You should not be prompted by UAC on Admin or Limited user account under Vista. You cannot install program updates on a Limited Account as this breaks the Admin/Limited use paradigm.

Windows "No Disk" issues resolved - this a Windows error due to it's caching of disk volumes - this no longer should show up for empty CD/DVD driver, flash drives, etc.

You may now disable the Splash screen in the Free and Professional Editions

Defintion Information Display System will show what was updated for the definition updates

Technology Changes

Scanning engine improvements

Windows Vista Scanning Improvements

Additional repairs for Windows Vista

04/26/2007

3.7.1018

Interface and Functionality Changes

Resolved issue on Windows Vista where registration would be required over and over

Last definition update time/date is displayed on the main screen

First Chance Prevention now allows individual settings for startup/shutdown/services scanning (Professional Version Only)

First Chance Prevention will now notify you when items are/were detected and removed on startup/shutdown

Resolved 12/24 hour time issue with scheduled scanning - it should now default to the time display set in the Control Panel

Note that First Chance Prevention is not available on Windows Vista currently and will be available shortly.

Technology Changes

Enhanced Windows Vista Scanning

Additional repairs for Windows Vista

Improved detection of packed/compressed threats

Resolved issue where a zero byte file could be created on desktop under rare circumstances

Enhanced detection and removal of in-memory threats

Improved kernel direct scanning. This allows us to see more items even if they try and hide with kernel drivers.

03/07/2007

3.6.1000

Technology Changes

Windows Vista enhanced/updated support.

Enhanced detection and removal of registry based threats

Resolved rare issue with right-click scanning (context menu handler)

Improved kernel direct scanning and hidden process detection.

Improved decompression and detection of compressed threats

01/16/2007

3.5.1016

Technology Changes

Windows Vista preliminary support. SUPERAntiSpyware has all access rights on any account in Vista for scanning and removal.

Enhanced detection and removal of in-memory threats

Enhanced detection and removal of large file items (even if the 4MB limit is active). This enhancement is designed to block many of the larger installer packages.

Improved kernel direct scanning. This allows us to see more items even if they try and hide with kernel drivers.

Improved ADS (Alternate Data Stream) detection and removal

Interface and Functionality Changes

Resolved issue where certain files could cause the scan to end prematurely

Limited user account support. Guest account support. All functions work as they do under the Administrator user. Product only needs to be registered on a single account now.

All quarantines and logs are now stored PER USER. SUPERAntiSpyware will auto-migrate existing installations

Definition version numbers are now stored in the files so the version number will automatically update when you manually update and copy definitions

Right-click scan file and folder capability. You can turn this off under the scanning options. The default is ON

Sound setting was still not saved on reboot. This has been resolved.

12/07/2006

3.4.1000

Technology Changes

Rootkit detection and removal ability enhancements

Technology updates to the scanning engine for compressed files

Technology updates to handle registry entries hidden by rookits

Interface and Functionality Changes

Resolved scheduled scanning issue for the Professional version

10/19/2006

3.3.1020

Technology Changes

Scan time is now 30% - 40% FASTER in all scanning modes

Rootkit detection and removal ability has been drastically increased

Reboot not required if only cookies are detected during the scan

Real-Time (Professional Only) and In-Memory Scans allow unlimited size to cache large installers and items that unpack to large memory images

Resolved issue in SASSEH.DLL where the COMODO Firewall would send inordinately long strings and crash most Shell Execute Hooks

Detected items verified to make sure they are not part of the core/original Windows installation - this ensures that no system/core components can be removed should a false-positve happen, or a malware application tries to rename/spoof items inorder to "trick" the scanner into removing a critical component (we have observed this). This feature works on Windows 2000 and above only. i.e. not on Win98/ME

Shortcuts now use standard shortcuts instead of Windows Intaller self-healing shortcuts to allow running when the Windows Installer Service (safe-mode) is not running - repair shortcut added to programs menu to repair the installation should it become corrupt - this applies to new installations only

Additional Safe Mode scanning enhancements

Interface and Functionality Changes

Option to play sound when spyware found retains proper state (checked/unchecked)

Definition updated dialog showing updated definitions with a link to the updates for those interested in what was updated on each definition update

Technology Changes

Quick scan is now faster

Kernel Direct File and Registry access allows sidestepping the entire Windows file and registry subsystems to uncover rootkits and user land hooking applications. We have been finding lots of these being installed from crack/warez sites.

Alternate Data Stream (ADS) scanning for NTFS formatted drives

ZoneMap Domain scanning can detect trusted bad domains, and restricted good domains. Many spyware applications block access to anti-virus and anti-spyware sites to prevent users from getting applications to remove the infections.

Memory based infection scanning has been improved to be able to detect products that are packed/compressed on disk but expose themselves in memory